makecontinuous

Description

Makes a field on the x-axis numerically continuous by adding empty buckets for periods where there is no data and quantifying the periods where there is data. This x-axis field can then be invoked by the chart and timechart commands.

Syntax

makecontinuous [<field>] <bins-options>...

Required arguments

<bins-options>

Datatype: bins | span | start-end

Description: Discretization options. See "Bins options" for details.

Optional arguments

<field>

Datatype: <field>

Description: Specify a field name.

Bins options

bins

Syntax: bins=<int>

Description: Sets the maximum number of bins to discretize into.

span

Syntax: <log-span> | <span-length>

Description: Sets the size of each bin, using a span length based on time or log-based span.

<start-end>

Syntax: end=<num> | start=<num>

Description: Sets the minimum and maximum extents for numerical bins. Data outside of the [start, end] range is discarded.

Span options

<log-span>

Syntax: [<num>]log[<num>]

Description: Sets to log-based span. The first number is a coefficient. The second number is the base. If the first number is supplied, it must be a real number >= 1.0 and < base. Base, if supplied, must be real number > 1.0, meaning it must be strictly greater than 1.

span-length

Syntax: <span>[<timescale>]

Description: A span length based on time.

<span>

Syntax: <int>

Description: The span of each bin. If using a timescale, this is used as a time range. If not, this is an absolute bin "length."

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